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'Bandit' lives on as a classic trucking movie
As the movie debuted, the May 1977 Overdrive highlighted the magazineâs involvement in 'Smokey and the Bandit,' notably the inclusion of a truck race banner bearing its name.
May 24, 2021
Channel 19
âThe Loadâ: A trucking flick set in the former Yugoslavia during â90s wars
U.S. audiences may well get a look at âThe Loadâ thriller next year with a theatrical release and subsequent on-demand availability, as the Grasshopper Film company has acquired U.S. distribution rights of the Serbian-directed film.
July 18, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Skip that DVD rack and stream what you want
Though the many movie and TV-streaming apps now available offer a solution, only three in 10 Overdrive readers say they subscribe to a streaming movie/TV service. This video covers five apps for streaming commercial productions on phone, tablet or laptop.
January 3, 2018
Business
Re-creation of the Smokey & the Bandit Mulberry Bridge jump to take place June 24
June 24, in Jonesboro, Ga., Hollywood stunt driver Oliver Keller, owner-operator Tony Pennello and others will join a crowd of spectators near the end of the Snowmanâs Run and Bandit Run events for the jump, a short distance from the actual location where the original stunt took place.
May 12, 2017
Custom Rigs
The day five famous 70s/80s rigs made history on 'Hollywood Hill'
A firsthand account of the event, bringing together restored trucks from movies âDuel,â âConvoy," and âSmokey & the Banditâ with âMovinâ Onâ and âB.J. & the Bearâ TV rigs â among others at the Southern Classic Truck Show in 2016.
December 21, 2016
Custom Rigs
Optimus Prime Peterbilt stunt truck from âTransformersâ franchise on the auction block
Want to be able to say you haul in a piece of action-movie history? This 1992 Pete, utilized as Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise, goes up for auction in Arizona later this month.
January 7, 2016
Channel 19
Carolina Monkey Gouger in comedic âFreedom the Movieâ on CMT
Owner-operator Jimmy Ardis made an appearance in Morgan Spurlockâs âFreedom the Movieâ feature-length seriocomic look at Freedom in America for CMT this summer. Cable subscribers, catch it here, more
October 10, 2015
Life
âAmerican Honeyâ film to feature Neb. truck stop
The Bosselman Travel Center location in Grand Island, Neb., has recently been the scene of filming for the âAmerican Honeyâ film from U.K.-based writer-director Andrea Arnold.
June 17, 2015
Life
The devil on wheels: Doc film in the making about classic âDuelâ flick
VIDEO: Steven Spielbergâs first success, Duel, will get documentary treatment by a crew of Great Britain-based filmmakers if funding campaign is successful. More on a British Duel-truck replica Pete 281/tank combo here.
March 17, 2015
Business
A night at the movies
âBefore I was able to extricate myself from the building, I was compelled to buy a $50 tub of popcorn.â
July 5, 2013
Channel 19
R.I.P. Sheriff âCottonmouthâ â Ernest Borgnine dead at 95
The trucking-film classic âConvoyâ costar played a sherriff who used CB subterfuge in attempts to undermine a group of protesting haulers in the 1970s Sam Peckinpah flick.
July 9, 2012
Channel 19
Cabover extra in âReal Steelâ film to be auctioned Dec. 8
Joyce Smith, co-owner of Ron Smith Trucking of Breckenridge, Mich., shuttered the company about a year ago, a month after her husband passed away. The small fleetâs equipment will be auctioned off on Dec. 8 at their place in nearby Wheeler. Among the 17 tractors on offer (among livestock, flatbed and other trailers as well [âŚ]
November 16, 2011
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